Pragmatic Acts in Selected Sermons of Bishop David Oyedepo: A Jacob Mey’s Approach

This study carried out a review of selected sermons Bishop David Oyedepo in order to highlight the contexts and pragmatic acts deployed sermons, as no scholarly work has been done on Oyedepo’s using Jacob Mey’s act theory. The objectives are ascertain underlying themes examine performed. Using exclusively theory theoretical framework, methodology is qualitative its approach. design content analysis. From an average eleven thousand eight hundred four spanning varying human endeavours purposively selected. Data was sourced collected online, employing top-down analytical approach revealing context deployed. Findings reveal contextual constraints history war practs assuring, informing, re-enlightening. summary findings reveals that ten excerpts were analysed from data, two established, three classified, all interjected with tools REL, INF, REF, SSK, VCE, M conversational which runs through entire data. Through this study, framework provided for interpretation religious scholars teachers would find veritable tool advancing pedagogical skills mission schools churches. recommends further studies phonological performed sermons.